Voices from the Stands - Texas ed.
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There was a lot of moronic behavior in the stands. Booing at every call.
When multiple refs toss a flag on a play - it's likely there is a legitimate call. Nevermind we are one of the most undiciplined teams in the nation - it has to be the refs out to get us...
When multiple refs toss a flag on a play - it's likely there is a legitimate call. Nevermind we are one of the most undiciplined teams in the nation - it has to be the refs out to get us...
I think it's been a little bit of both this year. We've had a lot of bad luck with refs, but we make dumb mistakes probably more than any other team in college football right now.
Right before UT blocked the punt for a touchdown, I turned to my buddy and said, "the way this game is going for us, they'll probably just block this and run it in for a touchdown." Sorry everyone.
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What makes you think we are SO much better than Iowa? Us beating them -- just barely, in 3 OTs -- at home? Turn that around, and let's pretend that we had a 3-OT loss to Iowa in Iowa City, and Hawkeye fans were saying they were 100 times better than us. Wouldn't you consider that ridiculous?
I hope you guys don't mind a visitor's perspective on this thread. First, you guys have a great tailgating scene. My brother and I arrived around noon and wandered around the lot east of the stadium meeting lots of great people while getting free food/drinks and I learned how to play tippy-cup. There was some ribbing of course but nothing to mean spirited. Truly a elite level pre-game atmosphere.
The stadium is very nice, I saw a comment that reported a Texas fan as saying "It's like a Texas high school stadium", that's not true, while there are a few HS stadiums that do seat close to 40K most big time HS stadiums seat in the 10K range. None are as nice as Jack Trice.
We sat in section O and seemed to be the only Texas fans in our area. After tailgating all day we arrived ready to make some noise and probably were a little over zealous in our support of the horns early on which brought about some banter from the home crowd, but again it was good natured and we wound up joking with them for the most part.
Most of the negative stuff was about us "buying off the refs" or "ruining the conference" things like that. The really only mean spirited comment that sticks out is when the ISU player had to be carted off in the third, my brother and I stood up to clap, and the fan in front of us turned around and told us he thought we would enjoy seeing a ISU player hurt. But he had been sipping at his flask and obviously disappointed in the game and some of the penalties, so I let it slide.
Great fans, great stadium, great college game-day experience, I hope the Big12 stays together so I can keep coming back.
The stadium is very nice, I saw a comment that reported a Texas fan as saying "It's like a Texas high school stadium", that's not true, while there are a few HS stadiums that do seat close to 40K most big time HS stadiums seat in the 10K range. None are as nice as Jack Trice.
We sat in section O and seemed to be the only Texas fans in our area. After tailgating all day we arrived ready to make some noise and probably were a little over zealous in our support of the horns early on which brought about some banter from the home crowd, but again it was good natured and we wound up joking with them for the most part.
Most of the negative stuff was about us "buying off the refs" or "ruining the conference" things like that. The really only mean spirited comment that sticks out is when the ISU player had to be carted off in the third, my brother and I stood up to clap, and the fan in front of us turned around and told us he thought we would enjoy seeing a ISU player hurt. But he had been sipping at his flask and obviously disappointed in the game and some of the penalties, so I let it slide.
Great fans, great stadium, great college game-day experience, I hope the Big12 stays together so I can keep coming back.
I did not have any bad interactions with UT fans yesterday while tailgating or in the game. Everyone I talked to seemed very well mannered. This was a big change from the previous home game (vs. Iowa).
The only Jacka$$es i saw were drunk Clone fans. We hosted 75 Texas fans and a great day.
I made 2 out of 3. Maybe I should go back to school and try out! (I'm completely joking of course. We were trying to make the most of a disappointing situation)
As long as we are coming clean:
I watched the ref throw the flag after Leonard Johnson's head butt. I thought I was watching the whole time, but apparently I looked elsewhere just as he head butted Shipley. I was sure that Shipley was going to get the PF as all I saw was him getting right in Johnson's face and jawing and then the flag coming out. I made a fool of myself until someone near me lit into me.
Someone else posted about a fan who came into the game and promptly technicolor yawned. Either that was in my section or it happened the same way somewhere else. I'm glad I was a few seats down the row from it because it was in the row behind me. Stadium staff showed up and checked on the guy and made some poor soul clean up the mess, but he got to stay in the stadium.
I watched the ref throw the flag after Leonard Johnson's head butt. I thought I was watching the whole time, but apparently I looked elsewhere just as he head butted Shipley. I was sure that Shipley was going to get the PF as all I saw was him getting right in Johnson's face and jawing and then the flag coming out. I made a fool of myself until someone near me lit into me.
Someone else posted about a fan who came into the game and promptly technicolor yawned. Either that was in my section or it happened the same way somewhere else. I'm glad I was a few seats down the row from it because it was in the row behind me. Stadium staff showed up and checked on the guy and made some poor soul clean up the mess, but he got to stay in the stadium.
And you have people, like the Texas fan that posted later in this thread, that think otherwise. It happens at every stadium and with every fan base in the country. It's just like not all of us Iowa fans are the same.
